Neither the tomb, nor death could hold the Theotokos,
Who is ever-vigilant in prayer
and our firm hope in her intercessions.
For being the Mother of Life,
She was transmigrated to life
by the One who dwelt in her virginal womb.

Guillaume Dufay, “Kyrie” from Missa l’Homme Armé. Couldn’t find out who the performers are.UPDATE: Reader Luís Henriques who is himself a singer, director and musicologist, informs me that the performance is by Jeremy Summerly’s Oxford Camerata. I tracked down the name on the T’Oobs and Luís appears to be totally right. (The Camerata’s performance of the whole Missa is here.)

Very impressive musical identification. Thanks, Luís!

Please check out Luís’ work, folks!

FURTHER UPDATE: WordPress informs me that it is my third blogiversary:

Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com!

You registered on WordPress.com 3 years ago!

Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging!

To whatever tiny gaggle of viewers remains after all this time of Youtube leeching, thanks for being around!